Six months

It's Nora's half-birthday! Some notable things have happened in the past month:

• She's been going to childcare and has lots of new friends there. She's adjusted really well. They do fun things like make art, blow bubbles, play in the sandbox, and have events like a Transportation Fair and International Mud Day.
• Nora's picture appeared in the Laramie Boomerang, our local newspaper! She was in a red wagon with two other babies on the way to the transportation fair.
• She tried solid food. (http://adventuresinthemidwest.blogspot.com/2013/06/bananas.html)
• She sits up with just a tiny bit of support, rolls from belly to back and back to side, does baby push-ups, sings, laughs, "talks," chews on her toes, and (sometimes) sleeps through the night.
• We learned that she is allergic to milk and eggs, and by cutting them out of her (my) diet we are clearing up her eczema! 

Some of my favorite photos from the past month:

Pretty summer dress

Favorite pastime: chewing on toes

Sweet potatoes are better than bananas

Check out the ruby slippers! Thanks, Grandma Sheri.